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Anarctica? Lovely.
It's true, last time I was there, I got lost on some back roads, and
with all the trees and all, I simply could not find my way out of the
wood and back to the metropolis. Mapping streets in Anarctica, your
entire database must fit on 1.44MB floppy. :))
Seriously, I think it's cool that someone took up the challenge. :)
However, since you are well into this kind of thing, I must ask...
"Do you know of *any* other massive quantities of free geodata for
places that sane people are likely to inhabit, like parts of Europe?"
I guess if you did, you would have indicated so earlier, but thought I
would ask.
-Le Chaud Lapin-
Anarctica? Lovely.
It's true, last time I was there, I got lost on some back roads, and
with all the trees and all, I simply could not find my way out of the
wood and back to the metropolis. Mapping streets in Anarctica, your
entire database must fit on 1.44MB floppy. :))
Seriously, I think it's cool that someone took up the challenge. :)
However, since you are well into this kind of thing, I must ask...
"Do you know of *any* other massive quantities of free geodata for
places that sane people are likely to inhabit, like parts of Europe?"
I guess if you did, you would have indicated so earlier, but thought I
would ask.
-Le Chaud Lapin-
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:07:48 -0800 (PST), Le Chaud Lapin
Well, we are a bit short of roads: I don't even have a layer for them
in the database. Back of a postage stamp would do, never mind a 1.44
MB floppy!
Personally, I'd suggest that working on Antarctica is a lot more
conducive to sanity than working anywhere that needs a streets
database.
As implied earlier in the correspondence, the answer is no, I don't
know of any free street databases for anywhere except the USA. There
certainly isn't for Europe. The political setting and usage of such
databases is so different that it is unlikely there ever will be.
Paul
>wrote:
>> Sorry! I got interrupted and didn't finish writing. It should have
>> read:
>> Paul (who maintains a free but NOT Open-Source database of Antarctica
>> (www.add.scar.org))
>> It isn't completely free; I charge for commercial use, but it is free
>> for personal and non-profit use. re-distribution is not permitted
>> withour permission.
>> read:
>> Paul (who maintains a free but NOT Open-Source database of Antarctica
>> (www.add.scar.org))
>> It isn't completely free; I charge for commercial use, but it is free
>> for personal and non-profit use. re-distribution is not permitted
>> withour permission.
>Anarctica? Lovely.
>It's true, last time I was there, I got lost on some back roads, and
>with all the trees and all, I simply could not find my way out of the
>wood and back to the metropolis. Mapping streets in Anarctica, your
>entire database must fit on 1.44MB floppy. :))
>Seriously, I think it's cool that someone took up the challenge. :)
>However, since you are well into this kind of thing, I must ask...
>"Do you know of *any* other massive quantities of free geodata for
>places that sane people are likely to inhabit, like parts of Europe?"
>I guess if you did, you would have indicated so earlier, but thought I
>would ask.
>-Le Chaud Lapin-
>It's true, last time I was there, I got lost on some back roads, and
>with all the trees and all, I simply could not find my way out of the
>wood and back to the metropolis. Mapping streets in Anarctica, your
>entire database must fit on 1.44MB floppy. :))
>Seriously, I think it's cool that someone took up the challenge. :)
>However, since you are well into this kind of thing, I must ask...
>"Do you know of *any* other massive quantities of free geodata for
>places that sane people are likely to inhabit, like parts of Europe?"
>I guess if you did, you would have indicated so earlier, but thought I
>would ask.
>-Le Chaud Lapin-
Well, we are a bit short of roads: I don't even have a layer for them
in the database. Back of a postage stamp would do, never mind a 1.44
MB floppy!
Personally, I'd suggest that working on Antarctica is a lot more
conducive to sanity than working anywhere that needs a streets
database.
As implied earlier in the correspondence, the answer is no, I don't
know of any free street databases for anywhere except the USA. There
certainly isn't for Europe. The political setting and usage of such
databases is so different that it is unlikely there ever will be.
Paul
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> read:
> =A0Paul (who maintains a free but NOT Open-Source database of Antarctica
> (www.add.scar.org))
> It isn't completely free; I charge for commercial use, but it is free
> for personal and non-profit use. re-distribution is not permitted
> withour permission.